Charlton Young may or may not be able to bring the men’s basketball team back to national prominence. But he is a link to a time when Georgia Southern may have had the best small college athletics program in the country.

Consider what Young saw or experienced at Georgia Southern when he arrived at school in September of 1989 until he finished his playing days in 1993.

The Eagles’ football team won Division I-AA national championships in 1989 and 1990. In ’89, Erk Russell’s last year of coaching, Southern went 15-0.

Georgia Southern’s baseball team won 50 games in 1990, won the Midwest Regional and advanced to the College World Series in Omaha.

Young was the starting point guard on the men’s basketball team when it went to the NCAA Tournament in 1992 and played Oklahoma State in the first round in Atlanta.

Georgia Southern basketball players Julian Allen, Antoine Johnson and Trumaine Pearson have been suspended indefinitely for a violation of Institutional and Athletic Department rules, according to a release from the Eagles athletic department.

The three did not play against Elon on Thursday night.

Allen started 19 of 20 games, and is averaging 11.9 points and 6.7 rebounds. Johnson has started five times in 19 games, scoring 6.3 points per game. Pearson has played in all 20 games and started seven times, averaging 4.8 points and 3.1 rebounds.

Georgia Southern will be announcing its football schedule soon, but not much is unknown.

Earlier in the week, North Carolina listed GSU as an opponent in 2009 on its website.

GSU's non-conference games against Albany and South Dakota State were listed on a wall at the Parrish Football Center.

The Eagles also have eight Southern Conference games. Four conference home games are Chattanooga, Western Carolina, Furman and The Citadel. Four league games on the road are Elon, Wofford, Appalachian St., and Samford.

Myrtle Beach wide receiver Jamere Valentine, who led all South Carolina high school players in receptions (98), receiving yards (1,515) and receiving touchdowns (19) has verbally committed to Georgia Southern.

Valentine is 6-foot-2, 205 pounds and can return punts and kickoffs and has been used in short-yardage rushing situations.

Where: Hanner Fieldhouse, Statesboro
When: 7:30 p.m., Monday
Leading scorers: Appalachian St., Kellen Brand (13.6 ppg.), GSU, Antonio Hanson (12.3 ppg.)
Notes: Georgia Southern has lost two in a row, including a 100-87 setback against Chattanooga on Saturday… Hanson has made 54 three-pointers. That’s more than the next three Eagles… Appalachian State has won two of its last three games after suffering five straight losses.